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Celebrate Memorial Day Weekend with Diatomaceous Earth, Clay, and Perlite!

Posted by Julie Brown

May 23, 2019 3:57:38 PM

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Minerals might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you’re thinking about how to spend your Memorial Day weekend, but maybe they should be. Consider these top ideas for having fun in the sun with diatomaceous earth, clay, and perlite for the upcoming holiday:

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Topics: AXIS, Diatomaceous Earth, celapool diatomaceous earth swim pool filter aid, infield conditioners, ballgame changer, organic insecticide, diatomaceous earth swim pool filter powder

Axis®DE soil amendment provides tough turf performance for soccer fields

Posted by Julie Brown

Feb 8, 2019 9:16:17 AM

axis soccer New Vancouver soccer field with AxisDE soil amendment. Looks ready for play!

The challenge: Develop new soccer fields designed to hold up to heavy wear

Solution: AxisDE diatomaceous earth soil amendment

When a Vancouver, BC city designed a new natural grass sports field for one of their parks, they were looking to maximize the playing hours and maintain a high quality field throughout the season.

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Topics: Sports Field and Landscaping, AXIS, soil amendment, axis soil amendment, root growth, soccerfieldsoilamendment

What's a Memorial Day Weekend without Diatomaceous Earth, Clay, or Perlite?

Posted by Julie Brown

May 25, 2018 8:58:00 AM

memorial day 

Minerals might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you’re thinking about how to spend your Memorial Day weekend, but maybe they should be. Consider these top ideas for having fun in the sun with diatomaceous earth, clay, and perlite for the upcoming holiday:

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Topics: AXIS, Diatomaceous Earth, celapool diatomaceous earth swim pool filter aid, infield conditioners, ballgame changer, organic insecticide, diatomaceous earth swim pool filter powder

EP Minerals Gives Back for Eagle Scout's Children's Home Landscape Project

Posted by Julie Brown

Oct 27, 2017 8:52:03 AM

 

Calvary-1Harrison Fish, Eagle Scout, after completing his landscape project at Calvary Children's Home in Atlanta

Recently, Harrison Fish, a 13-year-old Boy Scout with Troop 89 in Atlanta, GA, approached EP Minerals with a donation request for landscape project for the Calvary Children’s Home in Powder Springs, GA - as his Eagle Scout Project. Calvary Children’s Home had made a specific request to Harrison’s Boy Scout troop for help to improve the aesthetics of their property to create a more pleasant campus for the kids, donors, and workers.

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Topics: AXIS, EP Minerals, soil amendment, Axis Ceramic

EP Minerals' 101 Guide to the Benefits of Soil Amendments

Posted by Dan Swartz

Apr 14, 2017 1:16:11 PM

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Soil amendments have been around for many years.  Their use has historically been primarily in various sport field applications, including golf course greens, rooftop gardens, soccer pitches, and football fields, but soil amendments have also been used in projects including the landscaping of roadsides, parks and private and municipal landscape projects such as museums, and botanical gardens. So what exactly are soil amendments? 

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Topics: AXIS

Is EP Minerals' Axis® a great soil amendment? Just ask our customers

Posted by Julie Brown

Nov 17, 2016 2:18:21 PM

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Topics: Lawn & Garden, Sports Field and Landscaping, AXIS

How soil amendments can improve soil and reduce water usage

Posted by Dan Swartz

May 19, 2016 4:48:05 PM

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Soil amendments have been around for many years.  Their use has historically been primarily in various sport field applications, including golf course greens, rooftop gardens, soccer pitches, and football fields, but soil amendments have also been used in projects including the landscaping of roadsides, parks and private and municipal landscape projects such as museums, and botanical gardens. So what exactly are soil amendments? 

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Topics: AXIS

NV DOT uses EP Minerals' Axis soil amendment to solve water challenges

Posted by Julie Brown

Dec 10, 2015 4:27:00 PM

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Thanks to our partner EnviroTech for sharing this Axis story with us.

Embracing soil as an important player in water conservation, the ASLA Water Conservation Professional Practice Network spotlights the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) Landscape Architecture, where they have adopted a standard policy of “no irrigation” for southern Nevada freeway landscape enhancements. To respond to that challenge, landscapers are utilizing porous inorganic soil amendments as an aid to increase plant-available water in the soil in a region where rainwater harvesting challenges are unique.

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Topics: AXIS

Drought Driving US Diatomaceous Earth and Calcined Clay Demand

Posted by Julie Brown

May 22, 2015 1:57:00 PM

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By James Sean Dickson, Industrial Minerals

The West Coast region of the US is currently experiencing one of the worst droughts in its modern history. Diatomaceous earth and calcined clay products, which increase the water retention of soils, are gathering interest for their potential to reduce water usage – something now mandated by state law. 

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Topics: AXIS

   

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